Means for fastening upper holding binders to shoes



Sept. 5, 1950 P. E. BURBY MEANS FOR FASTENING UPPER HOLDING BINDERS TO SHOES Original Filed April 30, 1947 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 hi/zp E Barby A E. BURBY MEANS FOR FASTENING UPPER HOLDING BINDERS T0 SHOES Original Filed April 30, 1947 Sept. 5, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Phi/2' E Barby Sept. 5, 1950 P E BURBY 2,520,996

MEANS Fo'R FASTENING UPPER HOLDING BINDERS T0 SHOES Original Filed April 30, 1947 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor Philip E. Bur'by Patented Sept. 5, 1950 MEANS FOR FASTENING UPPER HOLDING nEns T snons' Philip E. Burby, Beverly, Mass., assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Flemington, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Original application April 30, 1947, Serial No. 744,955. Divided and this application April 16, 194:8, Serial No. 21.368

24 Claims. i

This invention relates to means for use in lasting shoes to fasten tothe shoes binders for holding end portions of the uppers in lasted position, the present application being a division of a copending application for Letters Patent for improvements in Methods and Means for Use in Lasting Shoes, Serial No. 744,955, filed on April 30, 1947 on which Letters Patent No. 2,455,467

were granted on December 7, 1948.

The above-mentioned Letters Patent discloses a method of lasting the toe ends, for example, of Goodyear welt shoes, in the practice of which a binder of elastic material is applied in a stretched condition to the margin of the upper lying against a lip on the insole around the toe end'of the shoe bottom and is fastened to the shoe at the opposite sides of the shoe bottom by forcing portions thereof in the form of loops through the margin of the upper and the lip. The

present invention provides novel means for thus fastening the binder. The means herein shown as an illustrative embodiment of the invention consists of a portable hand .tool adapted for use to fasten the binder first at one 'side of the shoe bottom and thereafter at the other side, the tool being constructed for engagement with the insole to determine an operative position thereof opposite to each side of the shoe. The tool includes a member which may be termed a needle movable inwardly widthwise of the shoe to penetrate the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole and to carry a portion of the elastic binder with it in the form of a loop, and means cooperating with the needle to cause it to stretch the looped material as it forces it through the upper and the lip. A member thereafter engages the loop at the inner side of the lip to disconnect the material from the needle and to prevent withdrawal of the loop when the needle is withdrawn.

The novel features of the invention, including various novel details of construction and combinations of parts, .will now be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings and thereafter pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a view partly in elevation and .partly in section, showing the binder-fastening tool in its relation to a shoe mounted in a toe-lasting machine preparatory to the fastening of- ,an end portion of binder material to the shoe at one side of the shoe bottom;

Fig. -2 is a section on the line IE II of 1;

Fig.3 isla sectionon the line IIL'TIII of Fig. 1.;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1 on an enlarged-scale;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the needle included in the tool;

Fig. 6 is a View partly in plan and partly in section, showing a portion of the lasting machine and showing the needle of the tool in the act of forcing the binder material through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole;

Fig. '7 is'a vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, showing parts of the tool in the same positions as in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. '7, but showing the parts as they appear after the needle has started to withdraw from the shoe;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. .6, but illustrat ing the operation of the binder-fastening .tool at the other side of the shoe-bottom after the binder has been applied to the upstanding margin of the upper around the toe; and

Fig. 10 is a perspective .view of the forepart of the shoe after the binder has been applied-and fastened thereto.

i'he binder-fastening means provided by this invention may be conveniently used-in the last ing of the toe ends of welt shoes with a machine such as shown in United States Letters Patent No. 2,160,846, granted on June .6, 193,9 .onan application of F. C. Eastmans and A. F. Pyms, .but it will be understood that it does not require the use of a machine of that particular construction to prepare the shoe to receive the toe -.l0inde r. Such a. machine is provided with a pair oftoeembracing wipers 2' which wipe the toe .end of the upper heightwise of the'last and wipe its marginal portion inwardly over th feather of the insole and against a lip a on the insole while the shoe is clamped between an insole-engaging member} and a toe rest 6. As disclosed in the above-mentioned Letters Patent No. 2,160,345, the machine comes to a stopiaiter the wipers have thus wiped the upper inwardly to permit the operator to fasten an end of a binder wire to a tack at one-side of the shoe bottom-and to apply the wire preliminarily against the upper around the toe adjacent to the wiping faces of the wipers. After the machine is again started the wipers are lifted slightly and are partially a ed an ope d to nable he op r o to l 'th w r nw rd y a a s th viz-standin m r o h up r lying a in the li of th insolefafter whichthey are again fully advanced and closed to press the wire against the upper and are moved downwardly to increase their pressure on th upper. ilhe mawltiine then comes again to a stop to permit the operator to fasten the wire to a tack at the other side of the shoe bottom and to sever the binder from the rest of the wire. In practicing the method disclosed in the first-mentioned Letters Patent No. 2,455,- 467 the operator uses, instead of wire, a strand 1) of elastic binder material, which may be rubber or. other suitable material and may be obtained from a reel. This strand of material will be of such thickness that when stretched it will hold the upper as required in the angle between the feather and the lip of the insole without interfering with the attachment of the welt to the shoe in the usual manner. The operator fastens an end portion of the elastic binder material to the shoe at one side of the shoe bottom in a manner hereinafter explained after the machine has come to a stop the first time, and after it has again been started he pulls the strand of material inwardly under the wipers and against'the upstanding margin of the upper while stretching it lengthwise of the edge of the shoe bottom. When th machine has again come to a stop with the wipers in pressing and holding relation to the upper and the binder material, the operator fastens the latter at the other side of the shoe bottom and severs the portion applied to the shoe from the rest of the material.

Further in accordance with the disclosure of the first-mentioned Letters Patent the elastic binder material is fastened to the shoe at the opposite sides of the shoe bottom by forcing portions of it in a stretched condition through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole in the form of loops and then releasing the loops to permit them to contract at the inner side of the lip, the increased thickness of the looped material by reason of such contraction anchoring the binder effectively in place in its stretched condition. For thus fastening the binder material when the toe is lasted by the use, for example, of a lasting machine such as shown in Letters Patent No. 2,160,846, there may be conveniently utilized the hand tool shown in Fig. 1. includes a casing having integral therewith a handle 12 to assist the operator in positioning it first opposite to one side of the shoe in a relation to the shoe such as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Mounted to slide along guideways in the casing is a bar I4 arranged to extend inwardly beyond the lip a. of the insole and having an end portion which extends downwardly when the tool is positioned as in Fig. 1 and is provided at its lower end with projections i6 spaced from each other and arranged to engage the bottom face of the insole to determine the position of thetool heightwise of the shoe and in the operation of the tool alsoto engage the inner'face of the lip of the insole. Formed on the bar [4 are rack teeth [8 engaged by a pinion 20 ro-tatab-ly mounted on a pin 22 in the casing l0, and also engaged by this pinion on its opposite side from the bar [4 are rack teeth 24 formed on an upraised central portion 26 of a slide 28 movable along guideways in the casing in parallel relation to the bar It. Extending into the slide 28 from its left-hand end (Fig. 2) as far as its upraised portion is a recess 39. Supported on the top of the slide 28 is a shorter slide 32 having a recess 34 therein to clear the upraised portion of the slide 28. Extending downwardly from the'left-hand end of the slide 32 into slots 36 in the sides'of the ide 28 are two lugs 38 to limit relative movement of the two slides. Mounted in a socket in the slide 32 and engaged by the right- This tool hand end of the upraised portion of the slide 28 is a compression spring 40. The purpose of the slide 32 is to clamp a portion of the binder material b against two spaced upwardly extending fingers 42 fast on'the upper end of a rod &4 movably mounted in the casing H3. Such clamping action takes place upon movement of the slide 32 toward the right through the spring 40 by movement of the slide 28 in that direction. For imparting that movement tothe slide 28 a handle 46 is pivotally mounted on a pin is in the casing 10 and has integral therewith a forked arm 50 extending upwardly into the recess 3%) in the slide 28 and provided with a pin 52 rotatably mounted therein. Extending through a hole in this :pin is a rod 54 pivotally connected to lugs 58 on the slide 28. Mounted on the rod 5 between a shoulder on the rod and a washer 58 engaging the pin 52 is a compression spring BE. It will thus be seen that upon movement of the handle 46 heightwise of the shoe toward the handle [2 by one of the operators hands in engagement with both handles the slide 28 is operated as described through the spring Bi] and acts through the spring 46 to move the slide 32 into clamping relation to the fingers 42; At the same time the pinion 20 acts on the bar It to force the projections IS on the bar yieldingly outward against the inner face ofthe lip a on the insole.

The arm 50 also serves, by the same movement, to operate a needle 82 which engages the portion of the binder material bridging the space between the fingers 42 and forces the material in the form of a loop through the upstanding margin of the upper and. the lip of the insole. The needle is secured at its outer end to a block 64 provided with a pin 56 which extends into slots 68 in the forks of the arm 53, and it extends through openings in the slides 28 and 32 with some clearance between it and the slide 28. The needle has a beveled end positioned initially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to support the binder material placed upon it between the slide 32 and the fingers 42, and after the material has been clamped by the slide against the fingers further movement of the needle causes its beveled end to deflect upwardly the portion of the material engaged thereby, which is prevented at that time by the fingers from moving with the needle. This portion of the elastic material, upon further movement of the needle, snaps downwardly into a recess 76 extending transversely of the needle and part way through it from its upper side, as illustrated diagrammatically in .Fig. 5. The needle thereafter carries the material along with it in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, at the same time stretching it by reason of the fact that portions thereof at the sides of the needle are clamped [between the slide 32 and the fingers d2. In this operation the material may slip to some extent between the slide and the fingers in response to the pull of the needle thereon. The needle thus passes inwardly between the two projections I6 of the bar M which support the lip at its inner side against the thrust of the needle and which are pressed yieldingly outward against the lip through the action of the spring on the pinion 20. To facilitate the forcing of the binder material through the upper and the lip, the needle has along its opposite sides grooves 72 (Fig. 5) in which'portions of the material are received.

Near the end of the operative movement of the needle 62 the fingers 42 are moved downwardly to release the portions of the binder ma- 5, terial clamped between them and the slide 32.: For this purpose there is mounted in the rod 44 a pin Mextending through slots H3 in the casin l and also through a short slot 18 formed in one arm of a bell-crank lever 80 pivotally mounted ona pin 82 in-the casing. The other arm of this bell-crank lever is pivotally connected to a link 84 provided-with a slot 8% through which extends a pin 88 carried by the arm 59. This pin moves idly along the slot until the needle has nearly completed its operative movement and then acts through the link and the bell-crank lever to impart the downward movement to the rod 44. It will be understood that when the fingers 42 are thus moved downwardly the stretched portions of the binder material extending from thefingers inwardly as far as the upstanding margin of the upper contract to their normal condition.

After the operationof the needle the operator releases the handle 46 and permits the handle to be returned by a spring 98 positiond between it and the other handle i2. By the action of this spring, therefore, the needle is withdrawn from the shoe to its initial position, and the slide 28 also is returned by engagement of the pin 52 with a collar 92'fast on the rod the limit of return movement of the handle it being determined by engagement of the pin 38 with the link 84. at one end of the slot 86 and by engagement of the pin '14 with the casing H3 at the upper ends of the slots 16. A spring-pressed plunger 94 movable in the casing and engaging the bellcrank lever 83 assists inthe return of the rod 4 3. To prevent the loop 0 of the binder material at the inner side of the lip of the insole from being withdrawn'by the return movement of the needle, there is provided a retaining member 96 slidingly mounted in the bar H2 and having a hook-shaped lower end'98. Apin H30 extending from the bar into a slot H32 in the member 96 prevents the member from turning and determines the limit of its movement in one direction under the influence of a spring Hid. When the needle 62 is moved inwardly its beveled end engages the hookshaped end $8 of the member 96 and lifts the member against the resistance of the spring 1M, after which the hook-shaped end of the member enters a slot I05 (Fig. 5) between two short flanges [08 on the needle and then rides over the binder material and enters another slot H0 inthe needle within the loop of the binder material. As the needle is withdrawn, the member 96 serves'to disconnect the binder material therefrom, first causing curved edges of the flanges its to deflect upwardly the portion of the loop engaged thereby, after which the hook-shaped end of the member is engaged and lifted by a curved cam face H2 (Fig. 7) formed on the needle between the flanges, carrying the loop with it as shown in Fig; 8. The loop is thus retained by the hook-shaped end of the member 96 as the needle is further withdrawn, after which this member is disengaged from the loop as the operator withdraws the tool from the shoe. The loop thus released is permitted to contract at the inner side of the lip, .the increased thickness of the looped material .due to such contraction. preventing withdrawal of the loop there after from the lip and the marginof the upper.

The manner in-which the above-described tool' is used in the lasting of the toe end .of a welt shoe with a machine such as shown in the previously mentioned Letters Patent No. 2,160,846 will now be briefly summarized. After the.

chine has come to astop the first time with the wipers holdingtheupper in. the angle between the feather and-the lipof the insole inthe man:- ner illustrated in Fig. 6, the operator. withdraws a suiilcient length of elastic binder material from a suitably supported reel and may pull the ma.-.

terial into the recess around the toe between the upper and the wipers 2 at the extreme edge of the shoe bottom with enough force to cause it to remain temporarily in that position. The operator then places the binder-fastening tool substantially in-the position illustrated in Fig. l with the projections it of the bar vI l resting on the bottom face of the insole at the left-hand side of the shoe bottom, and positions the free end portion of the binder material on the beveled end of the needle 32 between the fingers 12 and the slide '32, as also illustrated in'F ig. 1. When the tool is thus initially presented the projections it may or may not actually engage the lip of the insole. Thereafter the operator swings the handle 46 to operate the toolin the manner already described in detail, the projections It being forced outwardly against the lip of the insole and portions of the binder material being clamped yieldingly by the slide 32 against the fingers 42. causes the needle to connect with the portion of the-binder material bridging the space between: the fingers i2- and to carry the material with it in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole while at the same time stretching it, as illustrated in Fig. 6. In this operation the retaining member is deflected upwardly by the needle and thereafter rides over the binder material to a position where its hooked end 98 is within the loop, as illustrated in Fig. '7 and as already fully described. Near the end of the movement of the needle the fingers 52 are moved downwardly to release the clamped portions of the material.

Thereafterthe operator releases the handle 45 to permit it to be returned by the spring 953 and thereby to return the operating parts of the tool to their initial positions. In the return of the needle the retaining member 96 is forced upwardly, as shown in Fig. 8, carrying the loop with it, this member preventing the loop from being withdrawn from the lip of the insole and the margin of the upper as the needle is withdrawn.

After having thus fastened the binder material at one side of the shoe bottom, the operator preferably detaches the material extending around the toe from the recess between the wipers and the upper and then applies a pull to the material at the right-hand side of the shoe to stretch it and to draw it more tightly into the recess adjacent to the wipers. While holding the material under tension the operator thereafter starts the machine to cause the wipers partially to retract and-to relax their downward pressure on the upper and thereby to permit the binder material tebe drawn inwardly under the wipers against the upstanding mar-gin of the upper. As hereinbefore explained, the wipers are then again fully advanced and closed and are forced downwardly against the upper to hold it in lasted position and also to hold the binder material in its stretched condition against the upper. After the machine has again come to -a stop with the wipers in these positions, the operator proceeds to fasten the binder material at the righthand side of the shoe bottom in the same manner as previously at the left-hand side, as illustrated in Fig. 9. In thus operating at the ri ht-hand Continued movement of the handle 7v side the operator, inpositioning the material on the beveled end of the needle between the fingers 42 and the slide 32, applies a pull thereto to stretch to some extent the portion of the material extending from the adjacent wiper 2 to the fingers 42. moved downwardly to release the clamped material near the end of the operative movement of the needle, the contraction of the portion of the material extending beyond the wiper 2 will cause it to snap in, against the upper, so that no objectionable loosening of the binder will take place when the wipers are withdrawn from the shoe. After thus fastening the binder material at the right-hand side of the shoe the operator severs the portion applied to the shoe from the.

rest of the material, cutting the material at such a point as to leave only a very short end thereof projecting from the margin of the upper. Preferably also he similarly trims the projecting end portion of the material at the left-hand side of the shoe.

It will be understood that the elastic binder applied and fastened to the shoe in the manner described serves effectively in its stretched condition to hold the upstanding margin of the upper with a constant force against the lip of the insole, any loosening of the binder being prevented by reason of the increase in thickness of the material forming the loops at the inner side of the lip after the loops have been forced inwardly in a stretched condition and released. It will further be evident that the elastic binder will not be in the way of the welt when the latter is applied to the shoe and will not interfere with the needle of the welt-sewing machine. The nature of the binder applied and fastened as described is, moreover, such that it need not be removed from the shoe, although obviously it may be removed if desired.

Having described theinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material. for holding the mar gin of the shoe upper around an endof the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a member formed to connect with the binder material, means for operating said memher to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole and for thereafter withdrawing the member from the upper and the lip by reverse movement thereof, and means for disconnecting the material from said member to prevent withdrawal of the loop when said member is thus withdrawn.

2. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a member for engaging the binder material, means for operating said member to force a portion of the material in the form ofa loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole and for thereafter withdrawing said member from the upper and the lip by reverse movement thereof, and a yieldingly controlled retaining member arranged to ride over the material at the inner side of the lip to a position within the loop as the material is forced through the upper and the lip and thereafter to prevent withdrawal of the loop when said first-named member is withdrawn.

3, In means for fastening to a shoe a. strand Accordingly, when the fingers are of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle having therein a recess to receive a portion of the binder material, means for moving said needle inwardly through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole to carry the material with it in the form of a loop and for thereafter withdrawing the needle from the upper and the lip, and means for removing the material from said recessin the needle to preventv withdrawal of the loop when the needle is withdrawn.

4. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of, the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material, means for operating said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole and for thereafter withdrawing the needle from the upper and the lip, and a yieldingly controlled retaining member arranged to be deflected by the needle in its operative movement and thereafter to enter said loop to prevent withdrawal of the loop when the needle is withdrawn.

5. In means for fastening to a shoe a, strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material, means for operating said needle to force a, portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole and for thereafter withdrawing the needle from the upper and the lip, and a retaining member arranged to enter said loop at the inner side of the lip to prevent withdrawal of the loop when the needle is withdrawn, the needle having therein a slot to receive said retaining member within the loop.

6. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle having therein a recess to receive a portion of the binder material, means for moving said needle inwardly through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole to carry the material with it in the form of a loop and for thereafter withdrawing the needle from the upper and the lip, and a yieldingly controlled retaining member having a hook-shaped end arranged to enter said loop to prevent withdrawal of the loop when the needle is withdrawn, the needle having thereon a cam face for engaging said retaining member and for deflecting it with the loop out of the path of the needle.

7. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material, a member movable to operate said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, and a spring-controlled member arranged to be forced yieldingly against the inner face of the lip by the movement of said member to support the lip against the thrust of the needle.

8. In means for fastening toa shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a

needle for engaging the binder material, mechanism'for operating said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop inwardly through the margin of the-upper and the lip of the insole, a slidinglymovable member for sup porting the lip against the thrust of the needle, and a gearing connection between saidmember and the needle-operating mechanism for forcing said member yieldingly in an outward direction as the needle is moved inwardly.

9. In meansfor fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material, and means for operating said needle to force a :portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the-lipof the insole by movement of the needle in the direction to penetrate the upper and the lip, the needle having a beveled end arranged initially to support a portion of the binder material extending transversely thereof and also having therein beyond its beveled end a transverse recess to "receive and connect it with the material after the bee shoe bottom in lastedposition against a lip on K an insole, a needlefor engaging the bind-er material, means for operating said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, the needle having a beveled end arranged initially to support the binder material and also having therein a recess to receive and connect it with the material after the beginning of its operative movement, and means for engaging the material to position it on said beveled end of the needle and to prevent its movement with the needle until after it enters said recess.

11. In -means for fasteneng to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle movable to force a portion of the binder material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, saidneedle having a recess extending transversely thereof and only part way through it to connect it with the binder material and ha ing also along its-opposite sidesgrooves arranged to receive portions of the material passing through the upper and the lip, and means adjacent to the needle for holding the binder material in position to enter said recess after the beginning of the movement of the needle.

12. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the mar gin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a member movable to force a portion of the binder material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, and means for engaging the material to cause the portion thus forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of said me ber 13. I1 means for fastening to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the mar gin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material,

means for operating said needle to force a portion of the material in theform of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, and means for yieldingly clamping the mabottom in lasted position against a lip on an'insole, a needle for engaging the'binder material, mechanism for operating said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, members arranged to engage the material at the opposite sides of the path of the needle, and means movable by the needle-operating mechanism to clamp the material yieldingly against said members and thus to cause therportion forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of the needle.

15. In means for fastening :to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lipon an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material, means for'op'erating'said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, means for clamping the material at the opposite sides of the path of the needle to cause the por-- tion forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of the needle, and additional means for releasing the clamped material near the end of the movement of the needle.

16. In means for fastening 'to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a .lip on an insole, aneedle for engaging the binder material,

mechanism for operating said needle to force a portion or the material in the form of a loop i:- through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, members arranged to engage the material at the opposite "sides of the path of the needle, means movable by said needle-operating mechanism to clamp the material yieldingly against said members and thus to cause the portion forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of the needle, and means also operated by said needle-operating mechanism for moving said members to release the clamped material near the end of the movement of the needle.

17. In means for fastening to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material, means for operating said needle to force a portion of the material in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole while stretching the material and for thereafter withdrawing the needle from the upper and the lip, and a member for engaging said loop in its stretched condition to prevent its withdrawal when the needle is Withdrawn and for thereafter releasing it to permit it to contract.

18. A portable hand tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position n t a l p on an insole, said tool being constructed for engagement with the insole to determine an operative position thereof opposite to a side of the shoe and including a needle for engaging the binder material and for forcing a portion thereof in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, and a handle arranged to be moved by the operator in a direction heightwise of the shoe thus to operate the needle.

19. A portable hand tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, said tool being constructed to occupy an operative position opposite to a side of the shoe and including a needle for engaging the binder material and for forcing a portion thereof in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, a handle arranged to be moved in a direction heightwise of the shoe thus to operate the needle, and a member arranged to extend inwardly widthwise of the shoe beyond the lip of the insole and then heightwise ofthe shoe for engaging the bottom of the insole farther inwardly than the lip to position the tool relatively to the shoe and also to support the lip against the thrust of the needle.

20. A portable hand 'tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, said tool including a needle for engaging the binder material and for forcing a portion thereof in the form of a loop inwardly through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, a handle movable thus to operate the needle, a movable member for engaging the inner face of the lip of the insole to support the lip against the thrust of the needle, and means for yieldingly forcing said member outwardly against the lip by the movement of said handle.

21. A portable hand tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of flexible binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, said tool including a needle for engaging the binder material and for forcing a portion thereof in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, a handle movable thus to operate the needle, spring means for thereafter withdrawing the needle from the upper and the lip, and means for engaging said loop to prevent its withdrawal when the needle is withdrawn,

22. A portable hand tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, said tool including a needle for engaging the binder material and for forc ing a portion thereof in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, a handle movable thus to operate the needle, and means controlled by said handle for clamping the material adjacent to the needle to cause the portion thus forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of the needle.

23. A portable hand tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, a needle for engaging the binder material and for forcing a portion thereof in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, a handle movable thus to operate the needle, members arranged to engage the material at the opposite sides of the needle, and means movable by said handle to clamp the material yieldingly against said members to cause the portion thus forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of the needle.

24. A portable hand tool for fastening to a shoe a strand of elastic binder material for holding the margin of the shoe upper around an end of the shoe bottom in lasted position against a lip on an insole, said tool including a needle for engaging the binder material and for forcing a portion thereof in the form of a loop through the margin of the upper and the lip of the insole, a handle movable thus to operate the needle, means movable by said handle to clamp the material adjacent to the needle and thus to cause the portion forced through the upper and the lip to be stretched by the movement of the needle, and means also movable by the handle to cause said clamping means to release the material near the end of the movement of the needle.

PHILIP E. BURBY.

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